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LJM 
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 Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 12:42 PM
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First post: Mar 27, 2007
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If it makes you feel any better, I've just come back from my second snowboard holiday and I still haven't properly mastered the art of getting off a chair lift!! I learnt in Canada last year and by the end of the holiday I could do it fine but this year I was back to square one!
I got hit over the head this year because i didn't push off the chair enough but at least it made the lift operator laugh and every time I used that particular lift he would stand outside and watch me get off!!
My theory is, once the chair is at the top and your ready to get off, just let your board run. Whoever is in the way (skiers!!!!!) shouldn't be stood in front of a lift exit anyway and so if you hit them, if you happen to fall over, it's their fault for standing around!! And to stop I just dig my heel in and put my free foot on the ground. And I find that bending my knees really helps (even if it looks stupid!)
Im sure you'll be fine. Have a great time!! |
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Fleetwood
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Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 05:08 PM
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First post: Jan 14, 2009
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Location: Bucks, UK
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I have a bit of an anxiety getting on chairlifts now. My last visit to any mountain was Coronet Peak in New Zealand where I managed to fall over and then roll, with my foot still in the binding, coming off a chair lift to a green of all runs. This resulted in some bad language and a torn ligament and cartilage and an end to snowboarding for 3 months.
Any advice on getting over the anxiety part? People telling me i was really unlucky would help aswell.  |
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rachie
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Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 05:20 PM
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The green runs with white through them at Whistler are the 'easy routes down' runs
my 12 yr old wanted to live on them last yr lol
Fleetwood i done my ankle in Andorra about 11 years ago getting off a lift ended up getting tobogonned down the mountain, torn ligaments/tendons in ankle aswell, still hurts occasionally, might be my age though lol
I still fear the lifts, if i could walk up the mountains i would  |
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tannedstamina
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Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 05:32 PM
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First post: Jan 30, 2006
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Fleetwood - just practice on the flat/small slopes. Find a small slope and practice going down and coming to a stop with only your front foot in the binding. I find turning onto heels is the easiest! Helps to have a decent stomp pad for grip!
Once you take your back foot off and put it into the snow you'll probably do the splits so prob not the best idea. Good luck! |
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TightKnitJJ
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Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 05:40 PM
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Find a small slope and practice going down and coming to a stop with only your front foot in the binding
Yuh and then take yourself to the park and do a one footed 3! |
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Le_Bear
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Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 06:28 AM
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First practice on a small slope them take this to the lift:
1) Try and sit at either end of the chair.
2) As you approach the top spot where you want to head.
3) Stay relaxed and get side ways on, if possible. Lift the bar.
4) As the lift comes to the top you no doubt be faced with a slope, don't panic. Look straight ahead and start to stand. Keep your knee's bent, shoulders back, back straight.
5) Slightly push away from the lift. Once clear place your back foot snug up against your back binding and either trail your heel or toe over the edge depending on which way you want to turn. Do not put this down yet as you don't want to turn until your clear of the pack.
6) As your heading down the exit ramp and you reach the point where you would like to stop, turn you HEAD 90 degrees, this will turn your shoulders which will then turn your board (like when you spinning 3's etc.).
7) Whilst you are turning lightly put you heel or toe down to come to a stop.
Hope that helps
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guinness
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Posted: Jan 21, 2009 - 07:08 PM
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First post: Nov 23, 2008
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I posted this on another forum and think it will hel;p
I found a link today courtesy of the BBC which is really helpful if you are a bit nervous on lifts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A652268
I did chuckle a bit too at the references to skiers and the french
of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most! |
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rdesolla
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Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 07:44 PM
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Hey,
I had my first experience of a chair lift in Austria December, I was really nervous but luckily I had an instructor on the chair with us and we were all boarders. Getting on is cool we all got lined up like horses in a race and then the barriers opened to let you onto the magic carpet.
I was petrified of what to do at the top but as all the guys on here have said just place your board down rest you free foot on your stomp pad and the chair will nudge you forward. In St Anton there were some quite steep paths off the lifts but I just steered to the edge and found a place to stop. The skiers get in the way though grouping together in the most inconvinient places.
Once you've been on a couple you'll be fine. Good luck with them and enjoy your trip you'll really appreciate the break you get when riding one back up the mountain as pomas can get tiring after a while.
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snowgirl1324
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Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 09:21 PM
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First post: Jan 26, 2005
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| Make sure you have a good spiky stomp pad in place so you can use your rear foot to steer the board if you need to, when do you go?? |
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Bobafett
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Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 10:01 PM
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First post: May 01, 2006
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| When you reach the top, have the board pointed in the direction of travel, place it down on the snow and place your rear foot jammed against the back binding (as was said before). Do not put your free foot on the snow at any point until you are stopping, and especially NOT when you are getting up from the chairlift. Keep your rear hand on the chair until you are stabilised on the board - you don't even necessarily need to push off the chair - certainly the ones in Heavenly you just seem to move away without any effort/pushing off the chair. If you just do everything deliberately, and without rushing (you've got more time than you think) you'll be absolutely fine. I still fall occasionally but usually only if I'm tired or someone gets in my way, but it took me years to work out the proper system for getting off lifts! |
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Pegasus
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Posted: Feb 22, 2009 - 09:54 PM
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First post: Feb 15, 2009
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Location: Portsmouth
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| what i do is go on the lift with my front foot strapped in and then whilst on the lift strap my back foot into the bindings as well. then as i approach the end of the lift simply put my feet down as the ground approaches and stand up. the lift then pushes me off and away i go no waiting around for anyone im off down the mountain! |
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